Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
October 5, 2004
Status:
Still Airing
Summary:
Kurosaki Ichigo is a 15 year old boy that has an ability to see ghosts/spirits. Because of his ability, he is able to meet a female death god (a.k.a Shinigami) named Kuchiki Rukia. To save his family and friends from unwanted soul-eating spirits (Hollows), Rukia transfers her Shinigami powers to Ichigo. As Rukia takes on a human shell, together they solve mysteries involving spirits and hollows until from the spirit world comes 2 other shinigamis explaining that it is illegal to transfer Shinigami powers to humans and Rukia exceeded the time limit to stay in the human world. After they sentence her death for breaking the laws, Ichigo snaps and swears to everyone he will retrieve Rukia by breaking into the spirit world.
This is what happens when you base an entire anime all on one Villain. You get fillers. That aside, here is the review.
The story was different enough not to be called cliche, yet still retained that same feel most anime stories share to date. The dialogue wasn't as childish as most of the anime I've watched, but there were times when there was too much dialogue(Example: during fights). Animation was exceptional, especially in HD. I loved the character designs and the attack based artwork. The series was entertaining enough to capture my interest, but only up until the defeat of Aizen. Now the show has basically become a series of OVAs. On a fair, honest, opinionated scale, I'd give this show a 7/10. Thus, concludes my thoughts on this show.